EndlessNights
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I strongly agree. In fact, I consider Superhuman to be one of the best VNs ever. I've never played a game with better or more developed lore (how many AVNs have their ownSuperhuman has easily one of the most engaging stories I've ever come across, even outside porn games. I've been following development since May 2021 and am always hyped for an update, which I don't think I can say for any other story.
WeirdWorld has a talent for writing action scenes in VNs, they really get your heart pumping. There's a very deep and expansive lore for those who are paying attention, and many of the side characters are interesting and likeable/hateable.
Just give it a try.
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with over a hundred, some very lengthy, articles?), it has the best visual novel fight scenes I've ever seen, and the quality of the writing and storytelling is excellent across the board. The characterization is surprisingly deep as well, even when it comes to side characters and enemies. Even someone like Klaus, an undeniably twisted individual who is a serious threat to the MC and his friends, is humanized and well-developed. I find it impossible to not develop a slight glimmer of sympathy for him every time I play through his flashback scene despite everything he puts the MC through. It also tells the best sort of corruption story in my view since it is centered around the potential moral corruption of the MC. How will he use his powers? Will he let them sever his connection to his humanity, become ever more entwined with the world of monsters, and gradually lose all regard for human life or will he try to use the unique position he finds himself in to protect those who cannot protect themselves and the people he loved before he changed? It's up to the player ultimately.
It also has my favorite game community here on F95zone so join us on the Superhuman off-topic thread sometime!
With all that said, Superhuman is a uniquely difficult fit for this thread mostly because of jufot's third criterion that "Sex scenes should serve the plot." In truth, sex scenes in Superhuman are pretty much side content no matter how kinky they might be. They're not the reason WeirdWorld is writing the story and by and large they aren't the main reason players play the game. The vast majority are completely avoidable (and it's quite possible to have a very vanilla run which people might not realize based on Grimnir's post), and even if all were excised from the game it would still be one of the best VNs ever in my view. While in the world of Superhuman casual sex seems to be the norm, some sex scenes still end up feeling a bit random -- you can expect the occasional spontaneous offer of a threesome that seems to come out of nowhere or opportunities to have sex with characters the MC may not know very well yet. Romance definitely isn't the focus of the game. There are a few paths that have some nice romantic moments and I have a couple monogamous playthroughs, but don't expect any characters to get very possessive or jealous no matter how much the MC sleeps around. Harem logic tends to prevail here and that's one of the few areas where the characters don't feel real and true to life to me.
People in this thread also might frown at the exaggerated bodies of the MC and other characters. Weird is definitely a big believer in the philosophy of "Go big or go home."
So the situation as I see it is that Superhuman is simultaneously far superior to most games on the list including when it comes to story, character development, and writing, but it also probably has little chance of ever actually making the list.
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